Sew4Home shows how to make their Gypsy Romance Soft Shoulder Bag. It’s a tote style bag pieced from smaller cuts of coordinating prints, with pom poms around the top for a happy, quirky trim. It has boxed bottoms and lightweight… Read more ...

Liz from Simple Simon & Co. shows how you can make a zippered bag using a quilt-as-you-go technique. The quilting is a pretty detail that also adds shaping to the bag. The piecing makes this a fun scrap-busting project! They… Read more ...

AnneMarie from Gen X Quilters shares a tutorial showing how you can make this simple bi-fold leather wallet. It would make an awesome handmade Father’s Day gift! It has two pockets on each side (4 pockets total) to hold credit… Read more ...

Remona from The Stitching Scientist shares a free pattern for making her Curvy Flat Clutch. How cute is this for date night!! The inside is divided into two sections, each big enough to hold a phone, a small cosmetic case,… Read more ...

Karen from Sew Many Ways shows how to make a hobo style beach bag that doubles as a sunbathing towel. The bag is made from a beach towel folded up at one end to make a pocket. If you fold… Read more ...

Marni from Haberdashery Fun shows how you can make a fun pouch to hold your business cards. It’s a simple fabric wallet with two clear vinyl pockets on the inside to hold business cards. She says you can also adjust… Read more ...

Sew4Home shows how to make their Safari Duffle from canvas and faux leather. It has a pair of handles stitched on to the bag so you can pick it up your hands, and also a removable longer handle so you… Read more ...

Jonie from Knot Sew Normal shows how to make her Summer Bag that’s packed with pockets on the outside and on the inside. There’s a cool asymmetrical pocket on the front, and inside that pocket a tiny secret pocket where… Read more ...

Sew4Home shares a tutorial for their Pocketful Zippered Picnic Tote. You can pack a whole picnic in this bag! The large tote is insulated, with a wipe clean fabric on the inside and an outdoor fabric on the outside. Pockets… Read more ...

Veronica from SewVery shows how to make simple fabric drawstring bags you can use as storage bags or as reusable packaging for a special gift. They’re super easy to make, and you can whip them up in no time. You… Read more ...

Caroline from Sew Caroline shares a tutorial at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to make her Date Night Clutch. It uses a 10″ x 4″ frame for the top, so it’s a good sized clutch, big enough to hold just … Read more ...

Deanna from Sew McCool and Birdsong Patterns shows how you can make a pretty ruffled tote bag. It’s a rectangular tote with stiff sides and a full ruffle sewn around the top. It’s a good sized bag, measuring 13″ wide… Read more ...

Sara from Sew Sweetness shares a free pattern over at Sew, Mama, Sew! for making her Brookfield Bag. It’s a smaller bag (11″ x 7″) with corner accents and darts to shape the bottom. Insides pockets have elastic across the… Read more ...

Jill from Creating My Way To Success made this messenger bag from an old pair of jeans and some cute cat fabric. She shares a tutorial showing how she did it. She included a zipper across the top (under the… Read more ...

Dana from MADE shows how you can make a sturdy tote out of a couple of placemats. They’re super cute and super easy to make. Fringed placemats are especially fun made into tote bags. Two placemats sewn together are the… Read more ...